EPIC Urges 4th Circ. To Bar Gov't Access To Work Emails

By Lana Birbrair

Law360, New York (April 10, 2012, 5:25 PM ET) -- The Electronic Privacy Information Center asked the Fourth Circuit on Friday to uphold employee privacy interests in personal emails in a suit involving a former Virginia state legislator sentenced to almost 10 years in prison for trading state money for a job at Old Dominion University.

An amicus party to the appeal of Phillip A. Hamilton's conviction for bribery and extortion, EPIC contended the government's claims that it can obtain private emails, including privileged communications between spouses, from employers that were sent before use policies were...